🇷🇼 Rwanda
According to the UN (2024), 3,170 Rwandans live in South Africa. Here, they meet city by city. Each community is a neighbourhood, not a crowd, so if yours is missing, start it.
According to the United Nations, 3,170 people from Rwanda live in South Africa.
Therefore South Africa ranks number 10 among the destinations of the Rwanda diaspora.
In total, 532,000 people from Rwanda live abroad, and about 1% of them live in South Africa.
However, the figure counts migrants, not their children born here. The real community is therefore larger.
On Compatri, people from Rwanda already meet in Kigali.
Each community brings together members of the same city, so you meet neighbours rather than a crowd.
In total, 1 members take part.
There, the largest diasporas also come from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Malawi, and Ethiopia, according to the UN. Each one has its own page on Compatri, with its cities and meetups.
Compatri brings diasporas together where they live. First, you choose the community of your city. Then you discover what its members organise: meals, parties, afterworks or mutual aid. Finally, you message compatriots who share your interests.
You can also host your own meetup: a meal, an outing or a party. It then appears to members of your city, and you follow sign-ups from your account.
Your exact location never appears: other members only see an approximate area. In addition, joining a community and attending events costs nothing.
Every July 1, the national day brings the Rwanda diaspora together. Locally too, communities organise concerts, meals and gatherings.
According to the UN, about 3,170 people from Rwanda live in South Africa. Their children born here do not count in this figure.
On Compatri, you will find them in Kigali, for example. Each city has its own community, members and meetups.
Join the community of your city on Compatri, then attend the meetups its members organise. You can also host your own event.
According to the UN, the largest ones come from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Malawi, and Ethiopia.
Rwanda Independence Day falls on July 1. In South Africa too, the diaspora celebrates it every year.
No. Joining your community, discovering nearby members and attending events stays free. The Starter and Advanced plans only add features to go further.
Elsewhere, the Rwanda diaspora also lives in the DR Congo, Burundi, and Uganda. Each country has its own page, with its cities and meetups.